Harness racing at the 152nd annual Cumberland Fair kicked off on Sunday (Sept. 22) with former Maine Sire Stakes champion Wolverina bringing all the Graffam connections together once again to pay homage to one of their own.
Category: Fairs
Christina Johnson captures Spring Haven Farm Ladies Driving Series Championship
The Spring Haven Farm Ladies Driving Series concluded its 2024 season on Tuesday (Sept. 17) at the Delaware County Fair in Delaware, Ohio.
A 2024 racing recap at The Great Frederick Fair
Unsettled weather this past Wednesday and a cancellation of that day’s card hardly dampened the spirits surrounding the harness racing action at the historic Western Maryland oval this last week. The 162nd installment of The Great Frederick Fair delivered several memorable moments.
PA fair season ends with top horses at Bloomsburg
The Pennsylvania fair harness racing circuit made its final stop of the 2024 season this past Friday and Saturday (Sept. 20-21) at the historic Bloomsburg Fairgrounds, with supremacy among the eight stakes divisions and entry spots for the Oct. 11 Pennsylvania Fair Championships at The Meadows very much on the line.
Cumberland Fair opens with popular pop ups
The Down East faithful will transition from Farmington to the 152nd annual Cumberland Fair on Sunday (Sept. 22) with 11 harness races programmed at the iconic Southern Maine oval.
Valerie Grondin boogies with Chipper Dale
While winning races is nothing new for veteran conditioner Valerie Grondin, driving the 3-year-old male trotter Chipper Dale to victory on Friday (Sept. 20) at the Farmington Fair is also familiar territory.
Female trainers dominate at Farmington Fair
In a sport whose major stars and branded leaders are generally men, the accomplishments of harness racing’s female participants often fly well under the radar. But on Friday (Sept. 20) at the Farmington Fair, the afternoon program was so completely commanded by horses harnessed by women trainers that their accolades demanded to be sung.
Massive Speed motors to ninth straight win
Massive Speed got his ninth career victory at the Farmington Fair on Thursday (Sept. 19) in the Maine Sire Stakes for 2-year-old male pacers, which was also his ninth consecutive score.
Winter Asher-Stalbaum rocks on at Farmington Fair
On an unusually hot late summer afternoon in the foothills of western Maine on Thursday (Sept. 19), a guy named Winter took center stage.
Nelsonbriteagle NO coasts to Miss Versatility triumph
Norwegian-bred Nelsonbriteagle NO and driver Dexter Dunn benefited from early breaks in stride by HP Mama B (Louis Roy) and Tipsy Money (Yannick Gingras) and coasted to a 7-3/4-length, 1:52.3 romp in the $90,000 Miss Versatility final, for trotting mares, on the Thursday (Sept. 19) undercard at the Delaware (Ohio) County Fair. Adare Castle (James MacDonald) was second; Tactical Mounds (Scott Zeron) was third.